Joseph staren



(No Model.)

J. STAREN.

SPOON O11 ANALOGOUS ARTICLE.

Patented Dec. 19, 1893.

Ewan 02" Jig/M l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH STAREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLlNOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT P.W'HITFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

SPOON OR ANALOGOUS ARTICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,100, dated December19, 1893.

Application filed February 6, 1893. Serial No. 4.61.202. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH STAREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoons or AnalogousArticles;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theI spoons, and analogous articles.

The invention consists in the novel combination, construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is atop or plan view of myimproved spoon. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a transverse section taken on the line 3. 8. of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is atransverse section taken on the line 4. 4. of Fig. 2. Pi g. 5 is anenlarged transverse section taken on the line 5. 5. of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa detached perspective view of the slide plate, shield, and wire or rodattached thereto.

In the drawings 1 designates the bowl or body carrying part of the spoonor article and which is formed of any suitable material adapted for theuse or purpose for which the spoon or article is, or maybe designed.

2 is the sliding plate which is perforated to fit the bowl or body ofthe article as shown and is adapted to, slide thereon; said slide plateis provided with a flange 3 upon its outer edge which incloses orsurrounds the back end plate of the spoon bowl to prevent the materialsubstance from getting between the slide plate and said back end platewhen the spoon is being inserted into said material substance.

4.. is a tubular shank one end of which is solidly attached to the backend plate of the spoon bowl, and the other end of which is provided withan external screw thread by which the socket or ferrule 5 attached tothe handle 6 is secured thereto.

7 is a wire or rod, one end of which is solidly attached to the slideplate and the other end of which is provided with ascrew thread by whichit is coupled or connected to the extension rod 8. The connected end ofsaid extension rod is made to fit, and to slide freely within thetubular stem attached to the spoon bowl and is adapted to form ashoulder for the spiral spring 9 to abut against. The said back endplate of the spoon bowl is provided with a perforation 10 through whichthe said wire or rod attached to the slide plate is inserted and adaptedto slide. The portion of said back end plate between the inner walls orperiphery of the said tube and said perfo ration is adapted to form anabutment for the lower or opposite end of said spiral spring.

11 is a slide bar provided with a band 12 through which said tubularstem is inserted and upon which it is adapted to slide. Said slide baris also provided with a thumb projection 13, at its upper end, by whichit is moved upon said tube and the lower end of 7c said slide bar isinserted through the perforation 14, in the back end plate of the spoonand abuts against the slide plate in the spoon bowl, and is adapted. topush, or move said slide plate in said bowl, when pressed down throughsaid perforation.

15 is a finger rest or support attached to the under side of said tube,by means of the screw 16, and is adapted to prevent the hand fromslipping upward upon the handle, in

pushing down the sliding parts, against the resistance or work ofremoving the substance from the spoon or article, and in the compressionof thespring during said operation.

17 is a shield plate, solidly attached to or formed integral with saidslide plate, and is adapted to prevent the substance or material frombeing carried over the top of said slide plate, and to, more effectuallyclear, or remove all of said substance from the spoon.

It will be observed that theconstruction and arrangement of the parts,are such, that said parts may be readily taken apart to be thoroughlywiped and cleaned. The handle is screwed to the tubular stem from whichit 95 may be quickly unscrewed, and the extension end of the wire or rodis screwed to said wire or rod, and extends out beyond the end of thetubular stem, to adapt it to be unscrewed from said wire, or red, andwhen thus unscrewed, Ice the slide plate, and attached wire or rod, maybe slipped or taken off at the front end of the spoon, and the springmay be taken out of the open endof the tubular stem, and as the end ofthe slide bar upon the top of the tubular stem, is not attached to theslide plate, but simply rests against it, said slide bar is removed fromthe outer or upper end of the tubular stem, by taking out the screwwhich secures the finger rest to the tubular stem and removing saidfinger rest, and thus all of the parts will be separated.

The operation consists in pushing out the slide plate by means of theslide bar for removing the material from the spoon bowl, and whichcompresses the spring, the resilient action of which, returns the'partsto their normal p0sition,in which the article is adapted for its primaryuse.

I am aware that the device of a plate adapted to slide in the bowl of aspoon is not new, or the flexible attachment of said slide to said spoonand I do not therefore broadly claim such as my invention.

In my invention the slide plate is perforated to fit around the exposedsurface of the spoon or article and in its movement thereon is adaptedto clean all of said surfaces. Moreover the slide plate is held firmlyto its work and cannot lift or spring up and ride upon or over a portionof the material or substance and which will thus remain attached to thespoon or article and which is obviated in my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim I I 1. In an article thecombination of the body or bowl 1 provided with the perforation and alsowith the perforation 14:, the slide plate 2 perforated and fitted toslide upon said body, and provided with the lateral flange 3 formedintegral with said slide plate; the tubular stem 4 solidly attached tosaid body and adapted to be removably screwed to the handle socket orferrule; said tubular stem provided with the finger rest removablyattached thereto by means of the screw 16 and the push slide bar 11movably attached to said tubular stem by means of the band 12; saidslide bar provided with the thumb projection 13 and adapted to push ormove said slide plate on said body, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In an article of the kind described, the

combination of the bowl or body 1, provided with the perforations 10 and14; the slide plate 2 perforated and adapted to slide upon said bowl orbody and provided with the exterior flange 3 and shield extension plate17; the tubular stem 4 solidly attached to said bowl or body providedwith the finger rest 15 removably attached thereto by the screw 16; thewire or rod? solidly attached. to said slide plate; the extension rod 8removably attached to said wire or rod; the slide bar 11 solidlyattached to the band 12 and provided with the thumb projection 13; thespring 9 inserted in said tubular stem and upon said wire or rod; thehandle socket or ferrule 5 adapted to be screwed to or removablyattached to said tubular stern and the handle 6 solidly attached to saidsocket or ferrule and provided with a longitudinal perforation in theend adapted to admit a portion of the extension rod, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH STAREN.

